The evolution of terrestrial volatiles: a view from helium, neon, argon and nitrogen isotope modelling

Chemical Geology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 27-52

  Tolstikhin, I N ^a,b,c   Marty, B ^a,b  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; HELIUM; ISOTOPE MODELLING; NEON; NITROGEN; TERRESTRIAL VOLATILE;

EID: 0032523597     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00170-8     Document Type: Article

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